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14 Pages : 106-114

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).14      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).14      Published : Sep 2019

Financial Literacy as a Life-Saver: Moderating the Contribution of Behavioral Biases towards Investment Decisions

    The assumption of investor rationality had been central to developing an understanding of financial markets and decision outcomes. But the formation and consequent burst of tech-stock bubble changed the paradigm and shifted towards the behavioral interruption aspect of investor psychology. The study aimed to investigate the relationship of two heuristics and one emotional bias with financial decisions and the moderating effect of financial literacy on the said relationship. Primary data is gathered through questionnaire from 208 clients of national savings. Moderation analysis was done and the effect of biases on the financial decisions was found significant enough. Furthermore, financial literacy moderates this relationship positively only for heuristics but no moderation found for selfcontrol. The policymakers can design their financial instruments and strategies by keeping in view the implication of biases on investor’s decision. Moreover, periodic financial literacy sessions can be arranged to create awareness among investors and advisors.

    Financial Decisions, Financial Literacy, Anchoring Bias, SelfControl, Availability Bias
    (1) Faisal Mehmood
    Ph.D. Scholar,Management Sciences,Bahria University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan.
    (2) Taqadus Bashir
    Associate Professor, Department of Business Studies,Bahria University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan.
    (3) Altamash Khan
    Lecturer,Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan.

17 Pages : 168-179

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).17      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).17      Published : Mar 2022

Financial Literacy and Adoption of Fintech: The Role of Financial Risk Tolerance

    Fintech is one of the novelty in the area of finance, it's a collaboration of finance and technology. Now a day's technology has become a significant part of the financial industry. Major products and services of Fintech include ATM, peer to peer lending, crowdfunding, and cryptocurrency. Understanding of financial terminology and acceptance of related risk of Fintech products and services are important. In that concern financial literacy and risk tolerance are significant element. This study has been conducted to evaluate how financial literacy and risk tolerance directly or indirectly can impact an entrepreneur for adoption of Fintech. After applying research method and data analysis from entrepreneur of Lahore, Pakistan, it has been concluded that financial.

    Financial Literacy, Fintech, ATM, Lahore, Pakistan
    (1) Safyan Majid
    Department of Commerce and Finance, GC University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Gulzaib Chaudhary
    Department of Economics, GC University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Usman Ali
    Department of Economics, GC University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.